August 8, 2018 Eastern NC Nursery Field Day
Registration is available now for the nursery grower field day at Castle Hayne on August 8: The field day will be located at the Horticultural Crops Research Station …
Agriculture & Food
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Have You Seen a Diamondback?
According to Jeff Hall, Conservation Biologist with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, sightings of Diamondback rattlesnakes are becoming much …
Aquatic Plant ID & Control
Do you have your aquatic pesticide applicator license and need credit hours? Do you have a pond and want …
Jams and High Acid Food Preservation Workshop to Be Offered Again!
We had such success with our Jams and High Acid Food Preservation workshop that we have decided to offer …
Wilson County Beekeepers Association Meeting
Do you have bees in an old structure? Are you curious how you remove bees from a house? If so, …
Small Scale Poultry Seminar
Small Scale Poultry Grower Regional Seminar Producing Safe, Healthy Poultry Meat, Farm to Table Thursday, May 24, 2018 NC Cooperative Extension Franklin County …
Pesticide Collection Day
Do you have old pesticides that you want to dispose of? If so, bring them to the Wilson County …
Wilson County Beekeepers Meeting, May 3
Interested in bees? Please come out to the Wilson County Agricultural Center on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 7:00 …
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- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
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